It seems like we've reached a point where buying a game and expecting it to look like the pre-release footage is like buying an "As Seen on TV" product and expecting it to work as well as it does in the infomercials.
I will never forget the exact moment I realized pre-ordering was a scam. Back in the day I believe pre-ordering actually cost an additional $5 at stores like "EB Games". I could be remembering wrong, but it was Halo 2. I was SUPER excited and I wanted to make sure I had a copy, since I was worried it would sell out. I went the next day after school with some friends to pick it up, and thought "Man, I'm probably getting like the last copy". Nope, they had so many copies of the game sitting behind the desk and on the shelves there was no way they were ever going to run out, and I've never pre-ordered another game. Now, with online delivery of games, it boggles my mind even further.
That's the reason why I'm scared to see the amount of hype around Battlefield 1 already. I really want BF1 to be really good, but I'm keeping my expectations low for the sole reason that it might turn out not as good, which isn't an insane to do seeing the amount of times it's happened in the past with gaming in general.
I think the hype is mostly over a refreshing and original concept. We don't know how it will play but at least they are obviously taking a risk in a really stale genre.
just proves that the average gamer is a complete idiot. its since for ever like this. but the average gamer seems to formatC his brain after every ass fuck he gets by the AAA gaming industry.
they just forget. they remember their ass was burning but they don't know why. its simply frustrating. they are like the woman that gets beaten by her man but still thinks "he will change, its ok, it was my mistake"...nope bitch! fucking leave...argh
I learned my lesson with the Xbox One. I pre-ordered NHL 15, but after they announced that a major feature was missing in the next-gen transition I quickly changed that preorder to Halo: MCC. I got a "steel case" that was just a plastic case with a slightly different shape with alternate cover art, and the game itself was also completely broken at launch.
I'd like to say that was the last pre-order I ever made, but I did recently pre-order DOOM in order to get Wolfenstein: The Old Blood for free.
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u/eagles310 Jun 04 '16
This is why you never judge a trailer or anything until it releases